Ombria In Shadow

By: Patricia A. McKillip

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Paperback | 1 July 2004 | Edition Number 1

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The Prince of Ombria is dying, and already his sinister great-aunt is plotting to seize power. The Black Pearl is feared throughout the land, and the city folk know her reign will be a terrible one. Only the prince's son can stop her from seizing the throne but he's just a boy - barely worth the trouble of doing away with. Ombria, it seems, is doomed. And yet, beneath the streets, in a buried world of shadows and ghosts, a mysterious sorceress is weaving new spells, watched over by a girl sculpted entirely from wax ...

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For Winter Rose: 'A story rich in detail, straddling the boundaries between myth and reality' WHAT'S ON; Lush imagery and wry humour ... McKillip's rich language conveys real strangeness and power' STARLOG; 'Decidedly atmospheric, complex, compelling, and filled with rich imagery' BOOKLIST; 'Seamlessly classic in its passion and elegance' LOCUS; 'Masterfully evocative as she invokes great beauty using the simplest language' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

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